Portugal held out to claim an upset win over hosts Uruguay at the World Rugby u20 Trophy on Tuesday. The calamitous rainfall that plagued the previous match remained for the majority of the encounter, with players forced to tread over a surface that was more water than grass by the …

It was a disappointing start to the World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament for Canada on Tuesday as they fell to Namibia by a 31-16 score in Montevideo. Wet weather severely affected the ability of either team to play a wide game, with torrential rain falling for much of the second …

Sebastian Poet scored in Colomiers’ home win over Perpignan on Sunday. The teams met in a second round fixture in the French Pro D2. Poet played at fly half and was joined by fellow Argentine Agus´tin Costa Repetto in the starting lineup. Poet crossed for a try in the 47th …

Kristen Thomas, Julianne Zussman, and Sara Parsons have been named to the official World Rugby Dream Team for the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The North American trio were awarded the honor on Monday having been voted on by the tournament commentary team. Thomas combined with Naya Tapper and Cheta …

Canada’s top age grade players will take part in the opening match of the 2017 World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament in Montevideo on Tuesday. Namibia will be their opponent as the team returns to the world stage following a one-year hiatus. Only one change has been made to the starting …

Chile are once again part of the World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament, returning after a three-year absence to take part in Montevideo. While the Cóndores will be very keen to make an impression so close to home, they are also investing heavily in the future with 11 of the 26-man …

Uruguay have named their team to play against Portugal in their first match of the World Rugby u20 Trophy. The host nation will be keen to get off to a winning start with all matches to be played at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Headlining the team is Oyonnax academy …

Tomás Lavanini has been freed to play in Argentina’s upcoming matches. The Pumas second-rower was red carded playing against South Africa in Salta on Saturday. The second-rower received two yellow cards in the match, the second automatically became a red card. With Juan Manuel Leguizamón also yellow carded in the …

The 10th edition of the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy will be played over the coming weeks. Montevideo and Punta del Este are the host cities for the tournament, a competition involving eight countries from around the world. Taking place from August 29 to September 10, countries from all of …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Guatemala Guatemala got their South American Championship C title defense off to a strong start on Sunday. Los Jaguares downed newcomers Nicaragua …

This weekend featured three capped matches involving teams from the Americas. Five teams in total were in action, four of them playing in round one of the South American C Championship. Nicaragua’s historic first ever test match sees the country move for the first time in the Americas Rankings. The 57-19 …

Facundo Bosch scored on his Top 14 debut on Saturday. The Argentine hooker went over for Agen’s first try in their opening round match away to Montpellier. With the conversion Agen trailed Montpellier 17-7 at the time. The powerhouse Montpellier went on to win the match 48-19. In doing so, …

Argentine flier Juan Imhoff started the new season well. He scored for Racing 92 who won their opening round fixture against Castres on Saturday. The 2016 French champions did not have a strong pre-season but their win over Castres came when it matters most. Due to still playing his rugby …

The host nation of the 2017 South American C Championship, Costa Rica ran riot against Panama this afternoon. Costa Rica opened the tournament with a comprehensive 91-5 win at Liceo Franco Costarricense in Concepción de Tres Ríos, 17km north of the national capital of San José. The result sends a …

The Americas rugby community proudly welcomed its newest test match playing member today. For the first time ever Nicaragua played a capped rugby international, taking-on Guatemala in round one of the South American C Championship. It was very much a baptism of fire for Nicaragua. Their opponents were none other …

Los Pumpas are world champions. In the second edition of the adapted special rugby World Cup, the Argentine side came out as winners. Los Pumpas is a national team involving intellectually challenged players. Competing in Spain were two sides – Argentina ‘A’ and Argentina ‘B’. Los Pumpas were victorious, defeating …

New Zealand’s women are now on equal footing with the men after earning the right to call themselves World Champions with a 41-32 result over England at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on Saturday to bring a close to the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The two sides treated spectators to …

France defeated the USA by 31-23 at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on Saturday to claim Bronze at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The Women’s Eagles put up a fight but were clearly outmatched by the perennial Six Nations contenders and were outscored by five tries to two. A tense …

Canada brought the curtains down on their 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign on a winning note as they defeated Australia by a comfortable score of 43-12 at Queen’s University in Belfast on Saturday afternoon. Two early scores from Australia put some doubt in the heavily-favored Canadians, but the final …

South Africa cruised past Argentina in Salta, winning 41-23. The result was Argentina’s biggest home defeat against South Africa in Rugby Championship history. The Springboks, playing in red, were the superior team. For the second week running South Africa pulled off a comprehensive win over Argentina. The win game despite …